educated answers please, give me a number 1 and 2 so i know you're not just getting your 2 points
2007-12-26 09:47:20 · 15 answers · asked by pcolind 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
1 US Supreme court appoints the American President.
2 (see number one).
2007-12-26 10:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Many political analysts feel that invading Iraq based on nonsense was the worst foreign policy disaster, and the consequences for this-- beyond loss of blood and treasure-- have yet to be written.
The second worst was the Vietnam War. We fought for the wrong reasons when we should have stayed out, and we stayed WAY too long.
Anyway, there are a LOT of really stupid answers here, based on petty right-wing resentments.
1)Jane Fonda visiting North Vietnam did not hurt us in the least. It merely annoyed some people, who 35 years later still cannot let it go!
2) The Democrats did NOT surrender in Vietnam, unless Nixon was a Democrat.
3)Carter did not "allow" Islamic radicals to take over Iran-- NO ONE could have stopped it. What the hell was he supposed to do-- bomb them into extinction?
4)Clinton being President, far from being a foreign policy disaster, actually was a time when we were admired and respected in the world. We no longer are.
I'm surprised some pusillanimous asswipe didn't mention cigars while they were at it. Note that none of these ignorami allow emails.
2007-12-26 17:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
1. Is the conduct of the Vietnam War, the tragic mistake of the President coordinating the war from the White House rather than letting the Generals advise him and fight the war as needed to win.
2. I don't have an opinion on a number 2.
2007-12-26 17:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by The Scorpion 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
1. Failing to intervene against the Axis 1933 - 1942.
2. Allowing the French and British to divide up the Middle East instead of insisting on independent elections under League of Nations supervision 1918 - 1921.
There are a lot of smaller errors, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, but these were the big ones, resulting in tens of millions of deaths with more to come before the problems are solved.
2007-12-26 18:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by okiknowit 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Arming and supporting the Jihadist Arabs and Saddam Hussein in the 1980s was bad.
When I think about it there was probably a worse blunder in Cambodia or Vietnam in the 1960s/70s, but I don't know as much about those times (they were a little before my time).
2007-12-26 17:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by anonacoup 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
1953 the US terrorist intervention to provoke a leadership swing in Iran. Also known as operation ajax
2007-12-26 17:55:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
1)Providing chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein during the 1980-1988 Iraq Iran war.
2)Supplying Osama Bin Laden and his Fedayeen with weapons, instead of the more moderate rebels.
2007-12-26 17:53:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 5⤋
George W Bush. Worst disaster in every field, including foreign policy.
2007-12-26 17:52:16 · answer #8 · answered by Son of David 6 · 6⤊ 6⤋
Sorry there has been so many huge disasters there would be no room to list them, never mind rank them.
2007-12-26 18:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by Robert S 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
1. JFK's failed Invasion Bay of Pigs.
2. Democrats Surrender to North Vietnam.
3. Democrats Surrender to Terrorists.
4. Bill Clinton, Draft Dodging Coward, actually becoming President.
2007-12-26 17:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by everbrook 4 · 4⤊ 9⤋